Board Member
Pronouns: They/Them/Elle
Originally from Mexico City, Mexico, Pamela grew up in the suburbs outside of Dallas, Texas. Pamela became heavily involved in the movement after being detained and placed in deportation proceedings in March 2010. Upon their release from the Don Hutto Detention Center, Pamela co-founded and led a Texas University hunger strike that launched at the national level for passage of the DREAM Act. Pamela is a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio, and holds a B.A. in Political Science. Post-graduation, they completed an internship with the Mexican American League Defense and Educational Fund and began working with the labor movement in Albuquerque as member coordinator with Working America and as mobilization coordinator with the Dallas AFL-CIO CLC. After serving as Executive Director of Texas Jobs with Justice, Pamela moved to Denver to serve as Deputy Director of United for a New Economy and currently serves as ED for Colorado Jobs with Justice (COJWJ).